What Did The practitioner do well? In the YMH Boston Vignette 5 Vudeo, the clinician did an excellent job of making the client comfortable because it is challenging and sometimes complex to make an adolescent client comfortable and gain their trust. The clinician must build good rapport by providing the child with a safe, confidential, […]

ETHICAL AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PMHNP CARE Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided by codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty, health, and safety of the patient first and foremost. PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes specifically for psychiatry. These ethical codes are frameworks to guide clinical decision making; […]

There are significant differences in the applications of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for families and individuals. The same is true for CBT in group settings and CBT in family settings. In your role, it is essential to understand these differences to appropriately apply this therapeutic approach across multiple settings. For this Discussion, as you compare […]

FAMILY ASSESSMENT Assessment is as essential to family therapy as it is to individual therapy. Although families often present with one person identified as the “problem,” the assessment process will help you better understand family roles and determine whether the identified problem client is in fact the root of the family’s issues. To prepare: Review […]

Understanding the strengths of each type of therapy and which type of therapy is most appropriate for each patient is an essential skill of the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. In this Assignment, you will compare humanistic-existential therapy to another psychotherapeutic approach. You will identify the strengths and challenges of each approach and describe expected potential […]